Miscellaneous

A yearning

If you believe in the psychology of lack—that we keep seeking to go back to a perfect source—then you’ll probably view every falling in love as a falling into that journey of going back to innocence. To an innocence not dirtied by the games we play to get what we want in this larger chaos that we, cast adrift, swirl in. Khani Ho Yahmu, by Trishna Gurung, hearkens to that primordial need in us: to the innocence inherent in our longing, where we follow our beloved—just as Rumi seeks his beloved, just as Wallace Stevens seeks that one interior paramour, just as a moth seeks an eternal flame. A yearning
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Marissa Taylor
Published at : October 10, 2015
Updated at : October 10, 2015 10:07
Kathmandu

Marissa Taylor

Marissa Taylor is a Kathmandu-based journalist. She mostly writes on environment, biodiversity conservation and public health.


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